railroad

Hi all, I picked up this vintage lantern from a thrift store and I thought it looked neat. possibly from the railroad not too sure. thought others might have more info or memories of this old light.
It has "Star Headlight & Lantern Co. on the rear hatch.

For the last time, the Twin City Model Railroad Museum in St. Paul, MN, is doing Night Trains. This is it. They've lost their lease and have no where to go. If you can get out to see them, don't miss out. Here's some video I shot last weekend:

If you've never been to EnterTRAINment Junction in West Chester, OH, it is the most impressive G-Scale layout I've ever seen. They were kind enough to allow me to shoot some spectacular video, including CAB RIDES, of several of their Main Lines, which cover three different eras: Steam...

The St. James Model Railroad Club in St. James, MN, has layouts in three scales: G, O, and HO. We took a trip down there to check it out. Although their layouts are still under construction, it was worth the trip. Here's some videos:
The O-Scale Layout:
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The HO-Scale...

We are building the most advanced, interactive and exciting miniature railroad display in the center of Manhattan.
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Gulliver's Gate

I was out train watching a few days ago and caught something in one of my pics by accident. I snapped a pic that had one of the high, two way radio phone poles in it. I noticed it when I imported the pics, and wanted to build one. I decided to build it in HO for my sons layout, he loves the...

I assume it has been done, even though I can't find any links or info on it in English. I am thinking about setting up my under construction N scale layout for, operation via internet connection. Operating sessions with remote "engineers", of course experienced in operating model trains...

On June 9, 2012 Fred's Train Shop (in Overland Park, KS - Kansas City area) will be celebrating our 2nd year anniversary. Thanks to all of our customers (and suppliers) who have supported us. Opening a new train store in a down economy has been a challenge to say the least but our growth (and...

In store sale going on now until Saturday Sept. 10% discount on select items (including Marklin HO). Come check it out at Fred's Train Shop, 7327 W. 80th St., Overland Park, KS 66204, PH:913-383-3500 (http://www.fredstrainshop.com). This is our first post on this site and we plan to keep you...

Hello dear friends,
I want to introduce my freeware layout design program, called SCARM, which you can download and test from www.scarm.info/index_en.html. It has lightweight and intuitive user interface, 3D view, more than 25 track-system libraries and many other cool functions and features.
I...

This list is still under construction... Once I get most of these roadnames finished I will open up the thread for discussion and members can start to request avatars for any of the smaller railroads... For now Amtrak gets its own section, LOL :)
To select one of these images as your avatar...